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15. If the lessee shall desire an extension of the period of six months, within which mining operations are to be commenced, as provided by clause 9 hereof, he may at any time during the said period deposit with the Public Trustee the sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000) in addition to the sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000) referred to in clause 1 hereof, and thereupon the said period shall be deemed to be extended so that such operations may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the date of this lease, and all the provisions of clause 1 hereof shall extend and apply to such additional sum of one thousand pounds (£1,000). 16. Nothing in this lease shall operate or be construed to entitle the lessee to mine for gold or (except as provided by clause 11 hereof) for any metal or mineral other than iron-ore. 17. This lease shall be deemed to be granted under and subject to the provisions of section 2 of "The Mining Act Amendment Act, 1902.' THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO. In witness whereof I, , as such Warden as aforesaid, have hereunto subscribed my name, and affixed the seal of the Warden's Court at , this day of , one thousand nine hundred and four. In witness of my being bound as lessee by the terms and conditions of the foregoing lease, I, Sir Alfred Cadman, have hereunto subscribed my name this day of , one thousand nine hundred and four. Signed by the said Sir Alfred Cadman, in the presence of— I, James McGowan, Minister of Mines, under and by virtue of subsection 2 of section 2 of " The Mining Act, Amendment Act, 1902," do hereby consent to the foregoing lease. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four. James MoGowan. Approximate Cost ef Paper, —Preparation, not given; printing (1,425 copies), £1 6s.

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